A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. No, seriously. HMS Victory in oak.

[aletheiafelinea]

Ian G. Brennan carved HMS Victory from an oak timber being formerly a part of the original ship.
Not just a glued model. A sculpture. The keel, sails, rigging, armament.









See more photos and read the story of the carving here: http://www.victorysculpture.com/

*goes away to crosspost on anything_aos*

Comments

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is amazing.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

What an extraordinary thing! I real labour of love.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for linking to this. I have read the article and bookmarked it for later re-reading. Lovely!

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I was speechless seeing that.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

And how beautiful! Difficult work is one thing, but it's a difficult work looking gorgeous! I love these creases on the sails' clews. And cordage! How easy to crush it. *shudders*

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

I really admire the artist. And it's great that there's so detailed report. I'd love to get bigger photos, but looks like there isn't anything better than these ones, anywhere...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

As I think I might already have told you, Nelson and Trefalgar are very special to me because my birthday is on Trafalgar Day - and I keep being reminded of this because there is a campaign to get the day declared a national holiday (we need more national holidays here). I have visited Trafalgar, in Spain, and of course know the paintings etc. of the ship. I have a bicentenary coin with it on (a birthday present). I gather the sculpture is on display in London but as I rarely get to London I am not likely to see it. The photographs are, however, wonderful and all the detail about the creation of the piece is fascinating.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

I keep being reminded of this because there is a campaign
Quite useful. It's a stupid stereotype that women remember birthdays and anniversaries' dates and men don't. I need to have noted almost everything and I keep forgetting anyway. Once, in work, I wrote down the current date, then I stared at it and thought 'Hm, it rings some bell, what could it be... Ooh! My birthday!'
*cough* *g*

I have a bicentenary coin with it on (a birthday present).
I like it! A nice idea. *runs off to check 'own' historical events*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I don't usually forget dates for my immediate family. Anything else needs a note somewhere. What I do manage to do is to lose track of the current date so that for example this week's equinox came as a big surprise! So I'm quite capable of forgetting a birthday, not because I don't remember what date the birthday is but because I have no idea that that date is today...

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

And how! *dreams* ^^